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Resolving the cliffhanger ending of season seven, season eight of the award-winning hospital drama ER surveys the damage done when the emergency room of Chicago County was besieged by a gun-wielding lunatic whose son Dr. Greene Anthony Edwards had put in foster care. In subsequent episodes, two new characters are introduced: medical student Michael Gallant Sharif Atkins and intern Dr. Gregory Pratt Mekhi Phifer, two polar-opposite personalities whose only common bond is the fact that they are both ...

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Resolving the cliffhanger ending of season seven, season eight of the award-winning hospital drama ER surveys the damage done when the emergency room of Chicago County was besieged by a gun-wielding lunatic whose son Dr. Greene Anthony Edwards had put in foster care. In subsequent episodes, two new characters are introduced: medical student Michael Gallant Sharif Atkins and intern Dr. Gregory Pratt Mekhi Phifer, two polar-opposite personalities whose only common bond is the fact that they are both African-Americans. Under normal circumstances, the season's most dramatic development might have been the return after a five-year absence of Dr. Susan Lewis Sherry Stringfield, who finds herself re-upping with the ER even though that hadn't been her original intention the fate of Susan's troublesome sister Chloe and Chloe's daughter, Suzy, would be explained in a "crossover" episode with another NBC series, Third Watch. However, too much happens this season for any one plot strand to predominate. For starters, Dr. Benton Eriq La Salle enters into a bitter custody battle over his son, Reese, with Roger Vondie Curtis-Hall, the widow of Reese's late mother, who had previously been helping to raise the boy, during which Benton's paternity is called into question; this and other crises ultimately inspire Benton to leave the ER and go to work in a small clinic with his current girlfriend, Dr. Cleo Finch Michael Michele -- who, ironically, has become exposed to the HIV virus, just like Benton's former sweetheart Jeanie Boulet. Elsewhere, nurse Abby Lockhart Maura Tierney tries to mediate an argument between her neighbors, only to get beaten up for her trouble; though East European émigré Dr. Luka Kovac Goran Visnjic seizes upon this incident to appoint himself Abby's "protector," she is still sweet on Dr. John Carter Noah Wyle. As for Carter, he is burdened with family problems brought about by his estranged parents -- especially his guilt-tripping mom. On a lighter note, a case of on-the-job political incorrectness gets several of the ER doctors "sentenced" to a weekend sensitivity-training session, which evolves into the series' own version of The Breakfast Club. In addition to the departing Eriq La Salle, season eight of ER marks the exit of Anthony Edwards as Dr. Mark Greene. After learning that his tumor has returned and is now truly inoperable, Greene slowly loses his faculties and wastes away, as his new wife, Elizabeth Corday Alex Kingston, and daughter Rachel Hallee Hirsh stand by helplessly. Greene's final episode, largely told in flashback, is one of the series' most poignant moments. Curiously, however, the demise of Dr. Greene does not take place in the season finale; that particular episode is reserved for a cliffhanger situation involving a smallpox scare, a lockdown at the ER, and a riot -- not to mention a passionate kiss between two of the principal characters.

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Disc #1 -- ER: The Complete Eighth Season
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Episodes
Four Corners
Outpatient Outtakes
The Longer You Stay
Outpatient Outtakes
Blood, Sugar, Sex, Magic
Outpatient Outtakes
Never Say Never
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"The Doctor Can Kiss My Wild Black Ass" From Four Corners
"The Prince Has Been Delyaed in Oxford" From Four Corners
"Need a Lift?" From Four Corners
"You Said You Wanted B-Roll" From Four Corners
"Are You Feeling Any Better?" From Four Corners
"Slow Down Cowboy" From Four Corners
"Too Late, You Stay and Face Them" From the Longer You Stay
"Nurse That Puppy Before it Pops" From the Longer You Stay
"I'm Sorry, I Misdialed" From the Longer You Stay
"My Man Left Me" From Blood, Sugar, Sex, Magic
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Spoken Languages: English
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Disc #2 -- ER: The Complete Eighth Season
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Start All Over Again
Supplies and Demand
If I Should Fall From Grace
Outpatient Outtakes
Partly Cloudy, Chance of Rain
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"I Feel Like Frankenstein" From If I Should Fall From Grace
"Were These Safety Scissors?" From If I Should Fall From Grace
"Pick Up Something" From If I Should Fall From Grace
"I Don't Hate Cats" From Partly Cloudy, Chance of Rain
"Okay, Stab Wound" From Partly Cloudy, Chance of Rain
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Disc #3 -- ER: The Complete Eighth Season
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Quo Vadis?
Outpatient Outtakes
I'll Be Home For Christmas
Beyond Repair
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"Not into Boxing, Huh?" From Quo Vadis?
"Reese Needs a Full-Time Dad" From Quo Vadis?
"What Do You Want, Ex?" From Quo Vadis?
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Disc #4 -- ER: The Complete Eighth Season
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A River in Egypt
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Damage is Done
Outpatient Outtakes
A Simple Twist of Fate
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It's All in Your Head
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"Good Work Out There" From A River in Egypt
"Call the Pound" From Damage is Done
"Don't You Hate it When They Beg?" From a Simple Twist of Fate
"Hey You...Nurse!" From a Simple Twist of Fate
"That Man's a Saint" From a Simple Twist of Fate
"He's a Sad, Sorry Sack" From a Simple Twist of Fate
"Where the Hell is My Leg?" From a Simple Twist of Fate
"She's Pregnant!" From It's All in Your Head
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Disc #5 -- ER: The Complete Eighth Season
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Secrets and Lies
Bygones
Orion in the Sky
Outpatient Outtakes
Brothers and Sisters
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"I Don't Even Need to Use a Pump" From Orion in the Sky
"She Blames Her Boyfriend" From Orion in the Sky
"Trauma 2" From Brothers and Sisters
"It's a Good Thing They Don't Ask" From Brothers and Sisters
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Subtitles: English (For the Hearing Impaired)
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Disc #6 -- ER: The Complete Eighth Season
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The Letter
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On the Beach
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Lockdown
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"Need a Locker?" From the Letter
"Playing Doc After Hours" From the Letter
"Not My Fault You Don't Have a Life" From the Letter
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Spoken Languages: English
Subtitles: English (For the Hearing Impaired)
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Anonymous

Posted October 1, 2010

Best Season

Season #8 was a truly outstanding one. It really brought charactor definition to the forefront. There were still wonderful medical scenes that we have all grown to love, but the charactors were brought to life. The final show with Dr. Greene has to be my all time favorite, with the last show with him as a doctor coming a close second. I would highly recommend this DVD whether you are a devote of ER, or just joining in.

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Anonymous

Posted October 1, 2010

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ER changed this season. Mark fought his battle so well, but he finally lost. Everyone was devastated, Carter taking Mark's stethoscope while cleaning out Mark's locker. Mark was great, but it's Carter's turn to show the ER his great compassion.

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